Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

600, and when the projected improvements
are completed Il, will be doubled IN value.
above the highest Hood line. and most ad,
mirably adapted to the purpose OF handling
and feeding stock. On these. GROUNDS the
| new packing houses are now being erected.
several miles of rail will be laid to afford
, shipping conveniences.
Though only Just begun, the average sales
| at the stock yards ar. $4,000 per day This
is the outgrowth Of the splendid market for
| live stock that Is made here by the opera
ton Of the ~1atural laws Of trade. In the
| near future these extensive grounds will be
the scene Of the greatest activities, and will
witness the Interchange OF untold millions
Sioux CITY has always been a jobbing CEN
ter since the early days when 1t was but "A
frontier trading-rost., The foundation Of
the jobbing trade was laid here long before
| he day OF the railroad. when the Missouri
| river was the means of transportation to
this place and to the smaller trading points
beyond. THIS was the result OF the geo
graphical relations and the natural advan-
tages Of the place. and the subsequent de-
veiopment by the Capitalization OF rail-
roads is a natural unfolding Of the logic Of
The leading business in the iobbing line
is In groceries. There are four houses en-
| gagged in that line, one OF which is
THE LAHGEST IN 1HE NORTHWEST,
its sales ag%gregating over $1,000 900 annu-
ally. The total sales now average over
Ss;5co;oW, employing twenty travelling men.
sd In d r b So2d d sp % s nS5i lon = a x single sn h9q use
annual sales of the two houses amount TO
s900.0oO. There is "a demand for another
large dry goods jobbing house to supply
the wants or this constantly charging ter
ritory.
In hardware the sales now average
Si.0o0,0o0 annually. There are three houses,
two Of which started since January /.
The boot and shoe jobbing Is AZ yet done
by. q single house, which has all it can do,
selling about $4,000 annually.
In saddlety y hardware there Is one estab.
ltshmsnt doing u business of about $500, 90
a year.
business is developing. One OF the houses
engaged in that line carries the largest
stock in the State, doing a business Of half
q million yearly, There are two other
houses. with total sales amounting TO near
~ a million.
The general commission business en-
pl9ys ten travelling salesmen,, and the rec
ords show annual sales OF half a miiiion.
Besides the branches above enumerated,
wholesale, business Is being done and rap
idly developing in the lines OF clothing,
qu~eensware. furniture, stationery. confec-
tionery,, oils. agricultural implements. furs
and hides. ana liquors.
The entire jobbing trade Of the city en-
ploys a capital of $1,000. 900, sending out
ninety travelling men and averaging 5000
600 In annual sales.
In, addition to its present and prospective
packing business. Sioux City has attained
the rank OF a manufacturing town Of very
CONSIDERABLE Importance. In fact, that Is
phN VI ~ siloluS W luLuTt DTOS-
perity.
Foremost in this line IL the mammoth oil
mil, which handles the fax crop Of "a large
number OF counties, its aggregate sales OF
oil and oil-cake amounting to over half n
million annually. The total milling bust
ness of the city shows an output of a ful!
Another important branch OF manufac.
ture Is he foundry ana. machine works
which make the celebrated Sioux City Cor
liss engines, These goods are extensively
shipped TO the Pacific coast, having a mar
ket as far north as Seattle and south to Los
Angeles.
In addition to these establishments the
city can boast an extensive vinegar and
picking factory. two planning mills, and
works for the manufacture OF plows, sash
and doors, lumber, wagons, cigars. mat
tresses, soaps. patent medicines, brewery
products, mineral waters, brick, tile. spices,
etc.
The Sioux City Nursery and Seed COM
pany employs sixty men, growing all kinds
seeds.
All these various industries make annual
sales amounting to 5000, 900. and employ
than
W. HUNDRED COMMERCIAL BEN
residing here, representing Sioux City's va
rlous branches of trade and manufactures In
the tributary region round about. From this
necessarily condensed statement Of facts and
figures the reader can form a fair estimate of
its commercial Importance. And when the
TACT Is understood that the tributary country
Is only 30 per cent settled, 1t will be seen that
this city's growth is amply assured.
Sioux City has already attained the rank of
one OF the most important railroad centers in
the west, and additional roads are In process
Of construction.
The Sioux City and Pacific Is the pioneer
road, being completed TO this point In 1868,
affording an eastern outlet which was then
regarded as an immense achievement. The
road SOW has a line Of over 500 miles west Of
the Missouri river, extending into Wyoming
Territory. .
The Illinois Central-originally the On.
buque and Sioux Cfty-was the next road TO
reach this point, being completed and run
ming In 1870.
Thr Sioux City and st. Paul was the third
line built. 1t Is now the Chicago, st. Paul
ana Omaha road, and practically a part Of the
great system OF the Chicago and Northwest
ern. Extensive railroad shops Of the system
are located here.
Across the river cars are transported by
ferry boats, and from that point three shorter
lines radiate-one TO No folk, one to Ponca,
and another to Omaha, Neb.
The Dakota system OF roads radiating from
this point now constitute q part Of the great
Milwaukee and 81. Paul system.
a summary OF the railroads OF Sioux CITY
shows five great trunk lines, with ten roads
and branches running out ia all directions.
ana several more are being constructed at a
rapid rate. For c-ample, the Chicago, Mil
waukee and 81. Paul company is now con
~structlng a branch from this city to its main
trunk line at Manila, end it Is nearly ready
Tor the rolling stock. Within a few mouths
that company viii be running two magniG-
cent trains per day, with elegant dining and
sleeping coaches, from Chicago through Sioux
City, TO Bismarck, ID. IA distance of over
500 miles without change of cars.
Eighteen years ago one little mixed train
q day comprised Sioux City's railroad advan-
tages. Now
FIFTEEN PASSENGER TRAINS DAILY
leave this city traversing the various radi-
ating lines.
During the yea 1856 Sioux City's freight
age amounted to 80, 900 car loads, or nearly
a thousand ears per week. This does not In
clude the immense traffic by rail through this
place to points beyond.
These rarious rail- Dads give constant emf
ployneht here TO $50 men.
BY authority Of an act Of congress there is
"a, toe constructed at this point across the
Missouri river a magnificent railroad bridge,
with ample provision for this transfer Of cars
OF the railroad lines centering here. Ii is TO
be a structure of which the state as well as
the city will be justly proud. Work on the
new bridge VIII be begun as early as p~ractica-
DIE the present summer, and rapidly pushed
10 completion.
From the western end Of this bridge sur
yeys have been made for a line 10 Denver.
Col which. IL il 1 believed. will be butlt at An